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Happy New Year Scientists!



Greetings scientists,

A brand new year is upon us! We want to thank all the scientists that have made the Black Mesa community so awesome this year! As a reminder, the Steam Winter Sale is still ongoing as well as the merch giveaway for those who wish to enjoy Black Mesa for 75% off or win some merch as a new year treat!

Have a safe, and happy New Year’s Eve. We’ll see you in 2023, scientists!

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Steam Winter Sale & Merch Giveaway!



Attention, Black Mesa personnel,

With the Steam Winter Sale finally here, we wanted to do something extra for our wonderful community before 2022 ends. That’s right! It’s time for a Holiday Secret Scientist raffle where you could win some of the new Crowbar Collective Merch!

There will be 4 winners total, each will receive one of the crates below, so if you want to throw your hat in the ring to win some awesome Crowbar Collective Merchandise, join the giveaway here before January 5th!



Black Mesa is now 75% off for the Steam Winter Sale! Get your Black Mesa access before January 5th here:

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Black Mesa: Blue Shift releases its fourth chapter




Half-Life: Blue Shift was a 2001 spin-off developed by Gearbox that put players into the regulation boots of Barney Calhoun, a security guard at the Black Mesa Research Facility and friend of Gordon Freeman. Following the original Half-Life's modder-made remake as Black Mesa, another group of modders set to work remaking Blue Shift using Black Mesa's resources...
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Black Mesa - Blue Shift Chapter 4: Captive Freight is Out Now!

Attention, Black Mesa personnel,

The time has come! HECU Collective’s Blue Shift mod’s Chapter 4: Captive Freight is out now! If you haven’t seen the trailer showcasing the new chapter you can watch it using the link below. The new chapter is available for download on ModDB or the Steam Workshop.

ModDB Download Portal

Steam Workshop Download

Don’t forget to play chapters 1, 2, and 3 trying out the newest chapter, as the previous chapters have also been updated with new features, and bug fixes!

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Trailer recorded and edited by ALLAN

Soundtrack for trailer composed by Paweł Perepelica

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Barney returns tomorrow in Chapter 4 of Black Mesa's Blue Shift mod

If I were a security guard at Black Mesa, my head would get crabbed within minutes of a resonance cascade. Not so for Barney Calhoun, who fought his way free of the facility back in Valve's 2001 Half-Life expansion, Blue Shift. Modding team HECU Collective have been forcing him to run that gauntlet again, so far releasing 3 chapters to their mod for Black Mesa - not the fictional company, but the very real (and good) fan remake of the original Half-Life.


Chapter 4: Captive Freight comes out tomorrow, so it's a fine time to jump in.


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